Clearlake man arrested, allegedly tied to number of recent burglaries

CLEARLAKE -- City police arrested a man who they say admitted to being involved in a number of burglaries within the past year, including a break-in at Lakeshore Sports Friday night.

Michael Matthew Jenson was booked into the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility early Monday morning on three felony and three misdemeanor charges, including burglary, recovering stolen property and resisting arrest.

Jenson, 20, of Clearlake was caught after allegedly brandishing a replica firearm taken from Lakeshore Sports.

Clearlake Police Officer Tyler Paulsen saw Jenson brandish the replica gun at a person on Sunday while checking an area near where another citizen reported seeing Jenson flash it, according to Sgt. Nick Bennett.

Bennett alleged that Jenson started to run and threw the simulated weapon when he saw the officer approach. Jenson was reportedly taken into custody after a short foot chase.

During his interaction with the arresting officer, Jenson began admitting to involvement in several burglaries, according to Bennett. Det. Ryan Peterson was called in and interviewed the Clearlake man.

"As a result of that interview, at least 12 open commercial burglary cases that occurred within the past year, some of which Jenson was a suspect in, will be closed," the sergeant stated.

Anyone with information about the incident or other similar cases can contact Peterson at 994-8251, ext. 320.